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On the date
Monday, August 26, 1985
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The Headlines
A FED CAMP IN THE ROCKIES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Power of Love
Huey Lewis and the News
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Chris Pine (1980)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
awesomebodaciouscheesychill
Valley Girl
as ifbarf me outgag me with a spoongrodytotally
Hip Hop
baddefdopeflyfreshword
Yuppie
greed is goodpower lunchnetworking
Tech Check
Windows 1.0, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) & DNA Fingerprinting.
Cost of Living (1985)
Loaf of Bread
$0.55
Gallon of Gas
$1.12
Average Home
$84,300
New Car
$12,650
Time Elapsed
14,893 days ago
(40 years, 293 days)